Rathcoole ETNS
Newcastle · Roll number 20549P
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 114
- −5 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2020/21
- With 13 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 46 / 68
- 40% girls
Pupils since 2020
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
114 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 13 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | 13 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 18.4 |
| 1st Class | – | – | 19 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 19.8 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | 20 | 23 | 24 | 22.3 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | 22 | 17 | 19.5 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 24.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 15 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2024/25
- 15Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
20 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 15 in 1st Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 20Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 151st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
22 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 24 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Junior Infants2022/23
- 24Senior Infants2023/24
- 221st Class2024/25
- 242nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 17 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 22Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 173rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 191st Class2022/23
- 202nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +9Senior Infants in 2022/23 (13 to 22)
- −71st Class in 2025/26 (22 to 15)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2020/21 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2020/21 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Rathcoole ETNS, 2020/21 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
11.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
11.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 11.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2020/21
Teachers each school year, by role
From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Rathcoole ETNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcoole ETNSThis school | – | 114 | – | |
| 1 | Citywest & Saggart Community National School0.1 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 413 |
+90.3%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Lir0.1 km · Dublin 24 · Gaelscoil · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 53 | – |
| 3 | S N Naomh Mhuire0.4 km · Saggart | 0.4 km | 666 |
+7.2%
|
| 4 | City West Educate Together National School0.6 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 0.6 km | 376 |
+83.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Aoife CNS1.4 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.4 km | 342 |
+1,800.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil Chronain1.9 km · Ráth Cúil · Gaelscoil | 1.9 km | 354 |
+9.9%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Gemma Maher
- Phone
- 0851397152
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathcoole ETNS, Graydon Road, Newcastle, D22 PVY3
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Newcastle–Rathcoole
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
6 school years from 2020/21 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 114 | 46 | 68 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 119 | 52 | 67 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 99 | 39 | 60 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 20 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 72 | 26 | 46 | 22 | 22 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |